Beijing Metro Transportation Railway (MTR) and the National Library enable commuters to read esteemed novels on the go. By scanning QR-codes placed in metro trains, the public can borrow e-books and read them on their devices.

Art collective ICY Signs reactivates communities in Baltimore with a series of urban ‘love letters’ onto walls in neighbourhoods that are usually over-run with violence, drug abuse, abandoned houses and neglect.

Most people think they are nothing without coffee. Well, Simon Jaramillo, owner of The Reformatory Caffeine LAB, would literally be nothing, seeing as the coffee bean industry has been his family’s profession for around 110 years. Hailing from Colombia, the fourth generation bean farmer decided to up sticks to Australia and start up a coffee shop.

A new, vibrating bicycle grip has made navigation on the go become super easy. Instead of sticking your nose into a map, paper or digital, you can enjoy zooming around without fear of getting hopelessly lost.

What may sound like a highly bizarre concept is actually a new method, from Bureau A, to manufacture health supplements. Their Spirulina Fountain, located in a public park of Geneva, is an innovative fountain/laboratory hybrid that wittily combines the production of intense blue-green algae with the contemplative Italian gardens of the 16th century.

Living in an urban area has all sorts of advantages, but every urbanite knows the frustration of moving through a crowded street or on a busy sidewalk when you’re in a hurry. A couple from Tokyo comes up with a long-awaited solution — a little bell for pedestrians to notify others they have to go out of the way.